Tuesday, 1 January 2013

YoramEliyahu - Feed Local Chabad Work

YoramEliyahu
believes that our choices affect people around us,regardless of our intentions.
The Torah teaches that one’s income is only partly ours. It is meant to not
just meet our own needs, but to serve the needs of others. We have a moral
obligation to care for each other. This belief compels Yoram to do good works
in his immediate community, nearby communities, and throughout the world. He
does so through his business practices, charitable giving, and by getting
himself and his family out on the streets helping others.

Yoram
has contributedto many causes. He donated funds to help rebuild the synagogue
in his Israeli hometown when it was destroyed by missile fire. Additionally, in
order to encourage the people and meet their spiritual needs, he commissioned aSefer
Torah and ensured its safe delivery to the town. Closer to his current home in
New York, Yoramgave generously to the building of a state-of-the-art new wing
to the North Shore Hebrew Academy’s high school. He also commissioned a Sefer
Torah for their facility. Yoram does these things because he feels blessed by
the success he had had as a commercial real estate developer. He wants to share
that blessing with others while encouraging the teaching of values that
instruct others to do the same.

One
of the projects dearest to his heart is the workChabad houses near him do in
his community and in neighboring communities. Not content to just help with the
charitable works of his local Chabad, Yoram also assists a nearby Chabad in a
less affluent neighborhood. Through the Chabad, he raises funds to assist the
needy. However, giving money is not enough. He believes it is essential to do
personal work as well. He and his family help with projects such as creating
boxes of food to distribute to families in need during the holidays. YoramEliyahuand his children then help deliver these
gifts door to door, in person.

Jewish
Activism

YoramEliyahu believes that
preserving traditional Jewish culture and teaching the ancient ways is very
important. This is why he has given to his hometown synagogue, commissioned the
creation of two Sefer Torah, and gives to the yeshiva in his community. As a
child, Yoramenjoyed
growing up in a large, traditional family in Israel. As a young adult, he found
comfort and purpose from the holiday ceremonies and fun activities provided by
Chabad. When he immigrated to the United States, he again found community in
Chabad. Now he wants others to experience those special things.Heconducts his
business and personal life in a way that serves others and affirms faith and
family.